January 13, 1913 was the start of a new era for twenty-two African-American female undergraduates at Howard University. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was born. The goal was to strongly de-emphasize the social aspect of sorority life and expand on new horizons such as societal welfare, cultural diversity and academic excellence.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has become the largest organization founded and directed by African-American women with membership exceeding 200,000 members. Since the inception of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., membership has spread rapidly with 950 chapters in the states and worldwide with respective chapters in Alaska, Hawaii, Bermuda, Bahamas, London, Seoul, Tokyo, Okinawa, St Thomas, St. Croix, Haiti, Liberia, the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean, West Germany, and Korea.

In 1930, Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated as a national organization and the monumental event is filed at the Congressional Library in Washington D.C. Delta Sigma Theta’s objective has always been “To establish and maintain a high standard of morality and scholarship among women”. Following the incorporation in 1930, the purpose of the sorority was to solely serve the community, region and nation so as to present herself as a public service organization.